EJToday: Top Headlines

"Why Tree-Planting Schemes Aren’t a Silver Bullet" [9]

"Numerous global reforestation efforts are underway, but research suggests getting long-term benefits is harder than it looks, and some projects can do more harm than good."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Science [15]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: The Revelator [18], 05/23/2023
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"The Scientist And The Bats" [19]

"Funders thought watching bats wasn’t important. Then she helped solve the mystery of a deadly virus."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [14]
Science [15]
Wildlife [20]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: ProPublica [21], 05/23/2023
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"The Bat Lands: The Next Pandemic May Come From Bats" [22]

"Humanity is ramping up the risk of global health disasters by intruding deep into the world’s bat habitats, breeding grounds for deadly viruses."

Biodiversity [10]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [20]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: Reuters [24], 05/22/2023
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Canada Wildfire Smoke Prompts Air Quality Alerts in Colorado, Montana [25]

"Smoke from dozens of raging wildfires in western Canada has drifted south into the United States and prompted the states of Colorado and Montana to issue air quality alerts."

Air [26]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [13]
Pollution [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Canada [29]
Source: AP [30], 05/22/2023
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Russia Targets Greenpeace In Crackdown On Dissent" [31]

"The Russian branch of the environmental group Greenpeace on Friday announced it would close after the authorities declared Greenpeace International to be an undesirable organization."

Activism [32]
Environmental Politics [33]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: AP [35], 05/22/2023
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Local U.S. Planners Are Lowballing Their Estimates of Coastal Flooding [36]

"A study finds that more than half of American communities are basing their long-term preparations for coastal flooding on numbers that underestimate future sea level rise."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [23]
Government [37]
Planning & Growth [38]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 05/22/2023
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"Rice Gets Reimagined, From the Mississippi to the Mekong" [41]

"Rice is in trouble as the Earth heats up, threatening the food and livelihood of billions of people. Sometimes there’s not enough rain when seedlings need water, or too much when the plants need to keep their heads above water. As the sea intrudes, salt ruins the crop. As nights warm, yields go down."

Agriculture [42]
Climate Change [11]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: NYTimes [43], 05/22/2023
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New York City Is Sinking Due To Weight Of Its Skyscrapers: Research [44]

"New York City is sinking in part due to the extraordinary weight of its vertiginous buildings, worsening the flooding threat posed to the metropolis from the rising seas, new research has found."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [23]
Infrastructure [45]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
Source: Guardian [47], 05/22/2023
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As U.S. Expands CO2 Pipelines, One Poisoned Town Tells Its Story [48]

"SATARTIA, Miss. – On Feb. 22, 2020, a clear Saturday after weeks of rain, Deemmeris Debra'e Burns, his brother and cousin decided to go fishing. They were headed home in a red Cadillac when they heard a boom and saw a big white cloud shooting into the evening sky."

Chemicals [49]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [50]
Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [52]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: NPR [53], 05/22/2023
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"The Laws That Took Down Mobsters Are Now Being Turned Against Big Oil" [54]

"The flood-prone city of Hoboken, New Jersey, sued Exxon, Chevron, and other oil companies three years ago, hoping to put them on trial for deceiving the public."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Justice [52]
Journalism & Media [55]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Grist [56], 05/22/2023
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"Orcas Sink Another Boat In Europe, And The Behavior Is Spreading" [57]

"A trio of orcas worked together to sink a yacht off the coast of Spain, the latest in a string of similar incidents involving the marine mammals and European boats."

Activism [32]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Justice [52]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: HuffPost [58], 05/22/2023
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"A Vanished Bird Might Live On, or Not. The Video Is Grainy." [59]

"If there’s new hope, it’s blurry. What’s certain: The roller coaster tale of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a majestic bird whose presumed extinction has been punctuated by a series of contested rediscoveries, is going strong."

Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Natural Resources [14]
Science [15]
Wildlife [20]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: NYTimes [60], 05/22/2023
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Climate Change, Diversion Shrink World's Lakes By Trillions Of Gallons [61]

"Climate change ’s hotter temperatures and society’s diversion of water have been shrinking the world’s lakes by trillions of gallons of water a year since the early 1990s, a new study finds."

Climate Change [11]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: AP [62], 05/19/2023
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El Niño Is Getting Stronger, Could Cost The Global Economy Trillions [63]

"With an El Niño expected to develop in coming months, new research shows the naturally occurring climate pattern could cost the global economy trillions of dollars as its effects linger over years — a figure much higher than previous estimates that only considered immediate economic tolls."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [23]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: Washington Post [64], 05/19/2023
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Senate Dems Enter Permitting Fray With Bill Aimed at Climate, Electricity [65]

"A group of Senate Democrats on Thursday unveiled their opening position in an ongoing debate over whether and how to try to overhaul the country’s process for approving energy and other infrastructure projects. The new proposal spearheaded by Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) focuses on renewable energy, community involvement and building out the nation’s power lines."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Politics [33]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: The Hill [66], 05/19/2023
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